MODERN HISTORY AND HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

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Course details

Academic year:

2018/2019

Available in academic year:

2018/2019

Lesson type:

Compulsory

Department/structure:

Second cycle degree (Laurea Magistrale) in HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY

Department of History and cultural heritage

Course language:

Italian

Moduli:

EARLY MODERN HISTORY

6 credits
HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

6 credits

Credits:

Course year:

Semester:

Annuity

Hours of lectures:

Requirements:

Secure knowledge of the general history of the Early Modern Age is required.

Learning objectives

As part of the training objectives of the degree program, the module particularly takes care of the acquisition of historical research tools and languages, the use of theoretical models in the field of historical studies, the knowledge of the sources and their reading and critical analysis in the light of the relevant bibliographies. The lectures are intended to provide a general overview of the evolution of cartography in its close relationship with political power, both on the practical side of the construction of empires and on that of theoretical and philosophical reflection. They will also provide the essential elements of historical processes in their characterizing events through the presentation of the main essays listed. The wide seminar part of the course has a twofold objective: the meeting (first personal and then in the collective discussion) with a source of great richness and depth such as Matteo Ricci's Descrizione della Cina; the autonomous application of the methodologies and knowledge acquired in the general part to chapters studied individually and then presented orally and "defended" in the collective discussion with the teacher and the other students.

HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Within the educational objectives of the degree program, the module particularly takes care of the integration of the historical perspective with the philosophical one. Through lectures, the course aims to reconstruct the political and social history of Lombardy in the second century and, in this context, to place the biographies and institutional commitments of the two main protagonists of the Milanese Enlightenment, Pietro Verri and Cesare Beccaria.
The reading of the texts, dealt with in seminar discussions, is aimed at leading to the deepening of the various fields of their cultural intervention: from the juridical field (Of the crimes and of the penalties) to that of the reformer commitment and for the formation of the public opinion ("Il Caffè"), to philosophical and economic reflections (the discourses). The debate on luxury aims to offer the student a range of positions that make him acquire a sense of the complexity of the intellectual ferment of the Enlightenment, and at the same time allow him to read critical and reflections on the actuality of many of

Contents

EARLY MODERN HISTORY

Course’s title: Europe, America and China in the Early Modern Age: divergences and connections.
With an eye to the current state of global equilibrium, the course reconstructs the political and economic-social events as well as the cultural climate in which global connections are placed in the centuries of the Early Modern Age. Starting from the interweaving of cartography and power, the course examines the relationship between Europe and the Americas and between Europe and the Far East, China in particular. Special attention is given to the aspects of self-perception and representation of the other.

HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Course’s title: Giustizia, diritti, sviluppo delle scienze, felicità: Pietro Verri, Cesare Beccaria e il «Caffè»
Starting from the current state of these issues, the course reconstructs the cultural, political and economic-social climate in which the Milanese Enlightenment is located; deals with the main themes through the works of the main protagonists, focusing in particular on the figures of Pietro Verri and Cesare Beccaria.

Suggested reading list

Early Modern History

Texts for the exam:
- Jerry Brotton, La storia del mondo in 12 mappe, Feltrinelli, 2013.
- M. Ricci, Descrizione della Cina, Macerata, Quodlibet 2015.
- G. Marcocci, Indios, cinesi, falsari. Le storie del mondo nel Rinascimento, Laterza 2016.

Bibliography for seminar work:
- J.H. Elliott, Imperi dell’Atlantico, Einaudi 2017.
- A. Pagden, Signori del mondo. Ideologie dell’impero in Spagna, Gran Bretagna e Francia, 1500-1800, il Mulino 2005.
- S. Gruzinski, La machine à remonter le temps : quand l'Europe s'est mise à écrire l'histoire du monde, Fayard, 2017.
- Un cristiano alla corte dei Ming. Xu Guangqi e il dialogo interculturale tra Cina e Occidente, Guerrini e Associati, 2013.
- S. Gruzinski, The Eagle & the Dragon. Globalization and European Dreams of Conquest in China and America in the Sixteenth Century, Polity, Cambridge 2014 (or. franc. 2012).
- K. Pomeranz, La grande divergenza. La Cina, l’Europa e la nascita dell’economia mondiale moderna, il Mulino 2004.
- P. Santangelo, L’impero del Mandato Celeste. La Cina nei secoli XIV-XIX, Laterza 2014.
- S. Subrahmanyam, Mondi connessi. La storia oltre l’eurocentrismo (secoli XVI-XVIII), Carocci 2014.
- Peter Frankopan, Le vie della seta. Una nuova storia del mondo, Mondadori, Milano 2017 (ed. or. 2015).
- Matteo Ripa, I miei tredici anni in Cina. La vita di un missionario pontificio alla corte di Kangxi (1710-1723), a cura di Valentino Castellazzi, Jouvence, Milano, 2017.

Non attending students:
Besides the three texts indicated - to compensate for missed seminars - students who are not able to attend will present a written report (to be delivered at least ten days before the exam) on some chapters to be agreed with the teacher within the volumes listed.

HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT

Texts for the exam:
a) C. Beccaria, Dei delitti e delle pene, a cura di F. Venturi, Einaudi 2011 (Introduzione e testo del trattato; oppure una qualsiasi edizione integrale) # Introduction and text of the treaty; or any integral edition
b) C. Capra, I progressi della ragione. Vita di Pietro Verri, il Mulino 2002
c) C. Carnino, Lusso e benessere nell’Italia del Settecento, FrancoAngeli 2014

Materials for seminar work Materials for seminar work:
- P. Verri, I «Discorsi» e altri scritti degli anni Settanta, Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura 2004;
- «Il Caffè» 1764-1766, a cura di G. Francioni e S. Romagnoli, Bollati Boringhieri 1993;
- C. Capra, La Lombardia austriaca nell’età delle riforme (1706-1796), Utet Libreria 1987;
- Cesare Beccaria la pratica dei Lumi, a cura di V. Ferrone e G. Francioni, Olschki 2000.
- Le bonheur du plus grand nombre. Beccaria et les Lumières, sous la direction de Philippe Audegean, Christian Del Vento, Pierre Musitelli et Xavier Tabet, ENS ÉDITIONS 2017

Students must obtain the text a) before the beginning of the course and take it to class (according to the teacher's instructions). Beccaria's text will be the object of individual study and then of seminar discussion and further study in class. Each student is asked to present before the final exam a brief written report explaining and commenting on one or more chapters of the Dei delitti e delle pene.

Non attending students.
Besides the three texts indicated and the brief report on aspects of the Crimes and Crimes, it is requested to agree with the teacher some compensatory readings of the seminar work carried out by the students attending.

Mode of instruction

Convenzionale

Teaching methods

Lectures, exercises on texts, presentations and seminars, written reports.
The teacher will provide documents and other educational materials on the Moodle platform.

Methods of evaluation

Type of exam:

Orale

how learning is assessed:

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
For attending students, the verification of learning takes place during the seminar presentations and discussions and, overall, in the final oral exam, aimed at evaluating: the level of acquisition of the methods and characteristics of historical research; the quantity and depth of knowledge on specific topics; the quality of the exposition, with attention to the ability to frame all problems and processes and to use the specific terminology of the discipline. In the allocation of the exam score, the results of the oral test will weigh 60%; the level of participation in the seminars, the oral presentations will account for 40%.
For non-attending students, the oral exam will weigh 80% and the written report for 20%.

HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
For attending students, the verification of learning takes place during the seminar presentations and discussions and, overall, in the final oral exam, aimed at evaluating: the level of acquisition of the methods and characteristics of historical research; the quantity and depth of knowledge on specific topics; the quality of the exposition, with attention to the ability to frame all problems and processes and to use the specific terminology of the discipline. In the allocation of the exam score, the results of the oral test will weigh 60%; the level of participation in the seminars, the oral presentation and the written report will account for 40%.
For non-attending students, the oral exam will weigh 80% and the written report for 20%.

Assessment:

Voto Finale

Course schedule

Course start date:

Lunedì, 1 Ottobre, 2018

Course end date:

Venerdì, 21 Giugno, 2019

More Information

EARLY MODERN HISTORY
The course is held in the second period of the first semester.
Class schedule: Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11 am-1pm. Beginning of the lessons on Wednesday 28 November 2018.

HISTORY AND RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT OF THE ENLIGHTENMENT
The course is held in the first period of the second semester.
Class schedule: Wednesday 14-16, Thursday and Friday 11-13. Beginning of the lessons on Friday 1st March 2019.

Students are required to order books in time for the beginning of the semester.
Class attendance is highly recommended.
Course website: https://storia-filosofia.unisi.it
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Students are reminded to use exclusively their UNISI e-mail account for contacting instructors.
Working students and students who have difficulties attending regularly are invited to contact as soon as possible prof.
Telephone: 0575926340
E-mail: renzo.sabbatini@unisi.it
It is also possible to arrange a conversation with the teacher in Skype.

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